Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Kaduna launches silo to address food security

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, Isaac Bodmas, has disclosed that 100, 000 metric tonnes grain silo has been launched in Shika, Kaduna State, to address storage challenge faced by farmers and attain food security in the state and the country at large.
Speaking at a workshop in Kaduna, the commissioner said: “Kaduna State has also keyed into the GES programme and the agric mechanisation, through private partnership, was launched in Shika. Kaduna and Kano states were picked as pilot states for the programme. Kaduna State and two other states have been earmarked as pilot states for the school agricultural scheme.”
He assured that the state government, through the ministry, would work with others, especially extension services, to ensure food security in the state, promising to ensure that farmers are carried along in the programmes. [DAILY TRUST]


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